Zhang Junming, Xu Xianchen, Guo Xin, Liu Na, Ma Xiongfeng, Ren Hongwei, Xiao He, Zhao Man, Lv Baoliang, Tang Jingxiao, Hu Tianjun, Jia Jianfeng
Shanxi Center of Technology Innovation for Advanced Power Battery Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
Shanxi Center of Technology Innovation for Advanced Power Battery Material, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032, China.
J Colloid Interface Sci. 2025 Sep 3;702(Pt 1):138917. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.138917.
Against the backdrop of global carbon neutrality target driving the transformation of energy structure, alcohol fuel cells (AFCs) show great application potential; However, the sluggish kinetics of their anodic alcohol oxidation reaction hinders the commercialization of AFCs. Metallene is a novel 2D material with potential application prospect in the field of electrocatalysis. In this paper, PdMoW trimetallene has been successfully produced by a one-pot wet-chemical method, which displays a unique two-dimensional curved ultrathin graphene structure. Mo and W atoms were doped into the lattice of Pd atoms to form a PdMoW ternary alloy, which resulted in the lattice spacing of Pd being enlarged to 0.229 nm and the d-band center of Pd being reduced by 1.10 eV. Therefore, PdMoW trimetallene demonstrated excellent electrocatalytic performance for the oxidation of ethanol and ethylene glycol in alkaline electrolyte. Especially for the ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR), PdMoW trimetallene exhibited excellent mass activity (7.55 A mg) and intrinsic activity (13.5 mA cm), low apparent activation energy (41.8 kJ mol), and outstanding CO anti-poisoning ability. According to the nuclear magnetic resonance, in-situ fourier transform infrared reflection spectra, and density-functional theory calculations, it is revealed that the PdMoW trimetallene with high surface area formed by Mo-doping reduces the d-band center of the active site, facilitates the adsorption of OH species, and enhances the tolerance of CO-poisoned intermediate, so that EOR can be carried out through C1 and C2 pathways at a lower potential. Compared to the electrocatalytic EOR system, the photocurrent density of PdMoW trimetallene under xenon lamp irradiation increased by 1.73 times, which was mainly attributed to the electron resonance effect generated by Mo and W elements to promote the electron transfer to Pd. The excellent electrocatalytic ethanol and ethylene glycol performance of PdMoW demonstrates the great application potential of metallene for electrocatalysis.
